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Topic: Brain MRI peeps! (Read 1250 times)

Well it seems to me that if this started 10 years ago and it was from a tumor, the tumor would have caused a ton of major symptoms by now. And you would have been sicker. Tumors don't sit around, they grow. Even if was a benign tumor, they can still cause more symptoms. So I do not believe for a second you have a tumor.

This was my first MRI - I had a CT scan two and a half years ago when the strange smells started happening. I went to the neurologist though because my headaches have become more frequent (though they do go away when I distract myself and get my mind off of it - which is why Im hoping its anxiety. Didn't have one headache over memorial day weekend when we were on vacation) and I've been getting deja vu which is new to me.

My neurologist confirmed yesterday that this could be seizure activity - or when you're stressed out and anxious, your brain is irritated and can cause these symptoms too. Should've been reassuring, right? Not when I went upfront and he told the nurse I needed these tests STAT. And then she told me that he wanted them done "fast" - grrrrreat.

The disequilibrium I suffer from is where my equilibrium will go "off" for a split second - where the world seems to go sideways. I've never fallen from this, but I usually do get tired afterward.

Inner ear testing is actually done by more than doctors just looking into the ears. They can not view the inner ear. Not even with a scan. They usually perform several other tests to diagnose inner ear disorders. It could be positional vertigo, or Mineres I can't ever spell that word.

I think he is just wanting to cover all bases. The way doctors act can be very scary.

I got a reply from a woman on here - her sister and dad had brain tumors and her children have other seizure or neurological issues. She was very reassuring. She mentioned to me that every time she or her daughter saw a neurologist she always had to have an mri and eeg. She said that from her many years of experience with neurologists they are ALWAYS hesitant to put something up to "anxiety"..

I told you in your other post, I got a phone call from the oncologist not even 24 hours after my body mris checking for lymphoma and cancer and my results were completely normal. Talk about about to have a heart attack seeing that caller ID. Just in case they do call, it DOES NOT mean it's bad news.... The one time I actually did have to go in to get brain MRI results, it too was completely normal...Sometimes they will call ASAP if you are worried sick.

I agree. My aunt has abscent seizures and she stays very much awake. She just stares off in space for a few minutes and then she is back and just doesn't remember it and goes on about her business. She can't drive but she's ok with that. She's been like this for many years and she barely even has them now. Some people do get de ja vu right before a seizure, I heard it was the gran mal ones though. Like the ones where people shake for a few minutes. But from what I heard, some people never get any warnings.

Either way, I don't think it's a brain tumor at all. And I really don't think it's seizures. If so, they will not kill and they can be treated.

Ally - how long did you have to wait to get the brain MRI results in the office? I'm going crazy with the wait! I've made it through day 1. I'm going to be a wreck tomorrow though. I didn't even want to leave the house tonight to go out to dinner - I was glued to the phone. My husband talked some rationality into me - he said "If you come home and there is a missed call on the caller ID, you're going to worry all night. If you stay home and get a call that says you have a brain tumor, you're going to worry all night. It's all the same" - and he was right. I'm glad I went. I forgot about it for a brief moment and got my appetite back. No missed call, no call on the cell phone, no brain tumor yet. It's 9:22pm - so I figure I've got another 40 minutes before I'm "in the clear" for the evening. Surly no doctor would call past 10pm. But tomorrow is going to be another LOOOOOOONG day. Glued to the phone.